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Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show – Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, and this is show #224 for the week of May 29, 2011.

Last week marked the grand opening of Star Tours: The Adventures Continue at Disneyâ€™s Hollywood Studios. It launched with a very special event, celebrity guests, and a few surprises, as the first Star Wars Weekends of 2011 opened to guests young and old, eager to enjoy the joining of the Disney and Star Wars forces. This week, weâ€™ll discuss the new attraction, the Star Wars Weekends events, and also have an interview with Kathy Rogers, Senior Show Producer and Design Administrator for Walt Disney Imagineering. She discusses the history of the attraction, working with George Lucas, some of the new technologies and much more!

Stay tuned for some information about upcoming events and more, and some of your voicemails at the end of the show. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week’s episode of the WDW Radio Show.

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Information and Links from This Week’s Show

June and July: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by A.C. Crispin. Learn the story behind how Jack Sparrow became a pirate in this book which serves as a prequel to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies

August and September: Spinning Disney’s World by Charlie Ridgway. As we prepare to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Walt Disney World, let’s see what it was like 40 years ago with someone who was there on opening day

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To Scott, I think we experienced the pod race on our first try. Sorry. The Naboo ending was one of the most illusive for us. Some day, some day. We’ll have to make it to Star Wars Weekends one of these years; especially now with the Star Wars land expansion coming to HWS. Thanks again for another, terrific show, Lou and guests!!!

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